# Amputations at Highland Baking Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021043` · 2/3/2022 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Highland Baking Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2301 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting bread on a packing line. The employee attempted to remove bread from the gear box of the packing line when their right middle and ring fingers were caught between the sprocket and chain, resulting in two fingertip amputations.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*